区域特征、院校特征与高校图书馆经费:基于高校图书馆年度经费的实证分析

Regional Characteristics,Institutional Characteristics,and University Libraries Funding:An Empirical Analysis Based on Annual Funding of University Libraries

全球经济下行与公共财政吃紧,高校图书馆经费亦受此影响,什么因素会影响高校图书馆的经费是图书馆学者无法忽视的问题。研究设置图书馆经费、图书馆经费占比2个因变量,通过多元线性回归,从区域特征、院校特征2个视角检验高校图书馆经费绝对值和相对值的影响因素。研究以教育部高校图工委发布的2021年高校图书馆经费数据为样本,发现学生规模、教职工规模、院校层次、院校区域、院校所在城市是否为省会城市、院校所在省份前一年地区生产总值均会显著影响高校图书馆经费的绝对值;仅院校区域、院校层次、院校是否为中央直属高校3个变量会显著影响高校图书馆经费的相对值。研究验证了高校图书馆经费存在区位优势,检验了院校特征对高校图书馆经费的影响,研究结果对高校图书馆相关决策者如何获取经费资源提供参考和依据。

Amid a global economic downturn and tightening public finances,university library funding has also been affected.What factors will influence university library funding is an issue that library scholars cannot ignore.This study sets library funding and the proportion of library funding as two dependent variables.Using multiple linear regression analysis,it examines the factors influencing the absolute and relative values of university library funding from the perspectives of regional characteristics and institutional characteristics.Based on the 2021 university library funding data published by the Steering Committee for Academic Libraries of China(SCAL),the study finds that student population,faculty size,level of institutions,region,whether the university is located in a provincial capital,and the regional gross domestic product of the province in the previous year all significantly affect the absolute value of university library funding.However,only three variables—region,level of institutions,and whether the university is directly under the central government—significantly impact the relative value of university library funding.The study confirms the existence of locational advantages in university library funding and examines the influence of institutional characteristics.The results provide references and a basis for decision-makers in university libraries on how to obtain funding resources.